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An American pastor during the service Sunday shot dead by his brother. According to US media that happened in front of about twenty members of the Church in Dayton (Ohio).

Belgian bishops and other church officials can not be held jointly and severally liable for the damage to victims of sexual abuse.

exactly 1064 notifications made in the past four years of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium. Victims paid by the church in that period 3.9 million in damages. This is evident from the report 'From taboo to open policy' that will be presented Monday in Brussels.

Christian,, commandment thou shalt not kill 'applies according to Pope Francis as good for the government. He pleaded Sunday for a worldwide abolition of the death penalty. A first step in that direction is what the leader of the Catholic Church concerning a moratorium on executions.

The Italian writer Umberto Eco's Friday deceased at the age of 84. That report Italian media in the night from Friday to Saturday. The news was confirmed by Eco's family.

Pope Francis has suggested that women who use contraceptives are threatened by the zikavirus. The Pope said, according to the Mexican newspaper El Universal this week during his visit to Mexico, there is a clear moral difference between the prevention of pregnancy and abortions.

Pope Francis has hard lashed out at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The church father believes that Trump is not a true Christian.

The historic meeting between the Roman Catholic Pope Francis and the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill on Friday has not always fallen on fertile ground. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church feels betrayed by the pope.

Pope Francis, the Roman Catholic Church called on Mexico to take clearer stance against the drug cartels in the country. In a speech to the Mexican bishops, he said Saturday that drug trafficking constitutes a not inconsiderable challenge to ethics and civilization.

Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill greeted each Friday in Cuba. The two church leaders met at the airport in the Cuban capital Havana. In a thousand years, the leaders of the Roman Catholics and the Russian Orthodox conducted in person consultation.

Pope Francis meets Friday in Cuba, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill. It is the first time that the head of the Roman Catholic Church, the Patriarch met since the two churches in the eleventh century broke up.

The leaders of the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, has already drafted a joint statement of their historic meeting Friday. The church authorities in Moscow reported Thursday. There has to work late into the evening on Wednesday.

The Catholic Church tells new bishops to report that it is not necessarily their task accusations of child abuse. Only the victims and their families should take the decision to return to the police.

US police have arrested a 83-year-old former priest for a murder in 1960. The man, John fact, was arrested in Scottsdale in Arizona, after a Texas jury had indicted him for murdering a 25-year-old woman in the state says US media Wednesday.

One from a pilgrimage church in the German town Wuppertal stolen statue of Mary is back. The unknown thief had the ancient statue sat in wax paper placed back at the monastery gate in the city Velbert in North Rhine-Westphalia, the Franciscan monk Dietmar Brüggemann announced.

At least one person was deceased when a large crane fell over on Friday morning in a street in the US Manhattan. There certainly got one other person injured. That report American media.

Pope Francis and his counterpart Orthodox Patriarch Kirill speaking Friday in Cuba together next week. The historic meeting between the two Catholic leaders was announced Friday by the Vatican.

The Catholic Church wants to move with the times. The Dutch bishops have decided on YouTube under the name Catholic Life to launch a video channel. Sunday put the first movies online. There is also a page on Facebook.

Pope Francis Thursday has broken with an ancient church tradition, women admit to a ritual that commemorates the last night of Jesus before his crucifixion.

The Catholic Church in Germany has spent the past five years a total of 6.4 million euros was paid to victims of sexual abuse. More than a thousand people received financial compensation. According to a survey the newspaper Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung held in all 27 dioceses in Germany.

Who still doubts whether the (Catholic) church or moves with the times, has not reckoned with Pope Francis. The wildly popular Church Father has expressed his most progressive and modern side by blessing a child through... a smartphone!

Criminals in Mexico think they can cash in on the upcoming papal visit. To attend the public meetings, tickets are already being offered at prices from the equivalent of 100 and 200 euros. With one thing they had not taken into account: the cards are not available quite yet, they are the church just before the meeting handed out for free.

The tension for the first caucuses in America (Monday, February 1st in Iowa) is rising rapidly. For the Republican presidential candidates debate tonight is one of the last chances to hand out a slap their opponents on national television.

Austrian scientists have unearthed an ancient skeleton fitted with a prosthetic foot. It would be the oldest prosthesis ever found in Europe, according to Austrian media Wednesday.

The global persecution of Christians has increased dramatically last year. Violence against Christians in 2015 were approximately 7100 deaths, three thousand more than in 2014. The number of destroyed and damaged churches doubled last year to a total of 2 425 church buildings.

2016 will be a tough year. Cuban prophets predict the Sant Aria Church 'migration explosion and despair social unrest. '

The Catholic Church does not seem ready for the future. It has a priest in the Philippines suspended during Mass on Christmas Eve sermon already loved riding a hoverboard.

Refugees in the German city of Reichenberg given two days before the New Year to get used the occasion at the sound of firecrackers. The place in Bavaria wants to take away their fear possible and show the refugees and what they can expect in the New Year night.

Urk Friday population has nearly a ton (99 605 euro) raised for projects in Ethiopia. The community collects every year on Christmas Day. The money goes to projects in areas such as education, fisheries, agriculture and health. A spokesman for the Interchurch Foundation for Ethiopia / Eritrea to let me know.